Chapter 27: Buying Off Family Ties

Seeing that Yuncheng wasn’t saying anything, Yunzhi couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh, asking, “Father, why aren’t you saying anything?”

“You?” Yuncheng glared at Yunzhi with an unpleasant expression, scrutinizing her with his gaze. After a long silence, he finally said, “Yunzhi, you seem to have changed a lot.”

“Father, if it were you, after going through something like this, you would change too. After all, if you didn’t change, you would truly be humiliated to death by the An family.”

“If that’s the case, why didn’t you tell the family beforehand?” Yuncheng was unhappy. Even if Yunzhi had spoken a few hours earlier, things wouldn’t have turned out this way.

“If I had told you, would you have helped me?”

“Of course!”

Looking at Yuncheng, whose guilt was evident, Yunzhi no longer wanted to waste words with him. She got straight to the point and said, “Father, why don’t you just tell me what you’re here for?”

“What could I be here for? I just came to see you.”

Yuncheng’s words were unconvincing, even to himself.

“Is that so? If that’s the case, you’ve seen me now. I’m fine, you can leave.” Yunzhi said calmly, making a gesture as if to see him out.

Yuncheng’s face turned black, and it took him a while to recover. He said coldly, “I heard you said publicly that you wanted to cut off ties with us?”

“Yes!” Yunzhi nodded. She had indeed said those words publicly, and there was nothing to hide.

“Alright, since that’s the case, let’s talk about this matter of cutting off ties.”

“What do you want to say?”

“You can cut off ties, but you can’t do it so casually. First, you need to write a contract; second, you publicly announced this matter, causing our Yun family to lose face. You need to make compensation.”

Yunzhi looked at Yuncheng with a mocking expression. As expected, he was not a man who would let go of an advantage. She had thought, why would he suddenly come looking for her? It turned out it was all about money.

Fortunately, she wasn’t a real teenager and had no feelings for this man. Otherwise, hearing these words, she might have been heartbroken.

Yuncheng’s meaning was clear: cutting off ties was fine, but it had to be bought, meaning their family ties had to be bought with money.

“What, you’re not willing? If that’s the case, then take back what you said before. Also, you need to obey the family’s arrangements. Even if you don’t go to the nunnery, you have to go to the family temple for a while. Now, you…”

Looking at Yuncheng, who thought he had the upper hand, Yunzhi directly interrupted him.

“I agree!”

Hearing these three words, Yuncheng’s face darkened again. He said coldly, “Are you sure? You know, once we cut off ties, if something really happens to you in the future, we really won’t care.”

“I am certain and absolutely sure!” Yunzhi nodded. If something really happened, the Yun family wouldn’t care about her. It was better to cut ties with these people sooner rather than later. That way, she could avoid a lot of trouble in the future.

Of course, she knew that she would be criticized for doing this. But it didn’t matter, let people say what they wanted, it wouldn’t make a difference.

“Alright, since you have such a strong sense of integrity, then sign this contract now.” Yuncheng pulled out a few sheets of paper from his sleeve and spread them out in front of Yunzhi.

Yunzhi looked at Yuncheng, who had already prepared everything, and a mocking expression appeared on her face again. As expected, no matter how nice he sounded, it couldn’t change the fact that they were cold-hearted.

This Yun family truly valued money over people.

For money, they even abandoned their own daughter. She had truly learned a lot.